Philadelphia Tells 3rd Circuit Flavored Cigar Ordinance Not Preempted By State Law

Mealey's (February 25, 2021, 1:30 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The city of Philadelphia and the leader of its health department in a Feb. 24 appellant brief tell the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a district court erred in enjoining enforcement of its ordinance restricting the sales of flavored cigars and roll-your-own tobacco products, arguing that the ordinance is not preempted by state law and that a cigar industry association and group of tobacco manufacturers challenging the ordinance failed to prove that it will cause them irreparable harm....